Cookie Policy
Understanding how we use cookies to enhance your experience, ensure security, and comply with regulatory requirements.
Quick Summary
We use cookies to provide essential website functionality, verify age requirements, secure payment transactions, analyze site usage, and support responsible gaming features. You can control most cookies through your browser settings, though some essential cookies are required for the site to function properly.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, provide a better user experience, and provide information to website owners.
Cookies typically contain a unique identifier and information about your browsing activity. When you return to a website, the cookie allows that site to recognize your browser and remember certain information about your previous visits.
First-Party Cookies
Cookies set directly by roojackpot.com to provide core website functionality and remember your preferences.
Third-Party Cookies
Cookies set by external services we use, such as analytics providers and payment processors.
How We Use Cookies
At roojackpot.com, we use cookies for several important purposes related to providing lottery services, ensuring legal compliance, and improving user experience. Our cookie usage is categorized into the following types:
Essential Website Functionality
Cookies that enable core features like secure login, session management, shopping cart functionality, and navigation across the site.
Age Verification & Legal Compliance
Cookies that remember your age verification status to comply with Australian gambling regulations requiring 18+ access.
Payment Security
Cookies that help secure payment transactions, prevent fraud, and ensure safe processing of lottery ticket purchases.
Analytics & Performance
Cookies that help us understand how visitors use our site, which pages are most popular, and how we can improve the overall experience.
Marketing & Personalization
Cookies that allow us to show you relevant lottery promotions and personalized content based on your interests and preferences.
Responsible Gaming Support
Cookies that help implement responsible gaming features like spending limits, session time tracking, and self-exclusion preferences.
Detailed Cookie Categories
Essential Cookies
These cookies are strictly necessary for the website to function and cannot be disabled in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions you take, such as logging in, filling in forms, or setting privacy preferences.
Essential Cookie Examples:
- session_id: Maintains your logged-in session and shopping cart (Session duration)
- csrf_token: Protects against cross-site request forgery attacks (Session duration)
- load_balancer: Ensures consistent server routing for your session (Session duration)
Age Verification Cookies
These cookies remember that you have confirmed you are 18 years or older, as required by Australian gambling regulations. Without these cookies, you would need to verify your age on every visit.
Age Verification Cookie Examples:
- age_verified: Stores your age verification status (90 days)
- verification_timestamp: Records when age verification was completed (90 days)
Payment Security Cookies
These cookies help secure payment transactions, prevent fraud, and ensure that your lottery ticket purchases are processed safely. They work with our payment processors to validate transactions and protect your financial information.
Payment Cookie Examples:
- payment_session: Secures payment gateway connection (Session duration)
- fraud_check: Validates transaction authenticity (24 hours)
- transaction_id: Links payment confirmation to your account (30 days)
Analytics Cookies
These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. This helps us improve site performance, fix bugs, and enhance user experience.
Analytics Cookie Examples:
- _ga: Google Analytics - distinguishes unique users (2 years)
- _gid: Google Analytics - distinguishes unique users (24 hours)
- site_analytics: Tracks page views and user journey (1 year)
Marketing Cookies
These cookies track your browsing activity to show you relevant lottery promotions and personalized content. They help us deliver marketing messages that match your interests and prevent you from seeing the same advertisements repeatedly.
Marketing Cookie Examples:
- promo_preference: Remembers which promotions you've viewed (30 days)
- campaign_tracking: Tracks marketing campaign effectiveness (90 days)
- personalization: Tailors content to your lottery interests (1 year)
Responsible Gaming Cookies
These cookies support our responsible gaming features, including spending limits, session time tracking, reality checks, and self-exclusion preferences. They help ensure that your gambling remains within safe boundaries.
Responsible Gaming Cookie Examples:
- spending_limit: Enforces your daily/weekly/monthly spending limits (Persistent)
- session_timer: Tracks time spent on site for reality checks (Session duration)
- self_exclusion: Enforces voluntary self-exclusion preferences (Permanent until removed)
- reality_check: Reminds you of time and money spent (Session duration)
Third-Party Cookies
We work with trusted third-party service providers who may set cookies on your device to provide their services. These partners help us with analytics, payment processing, security, and other essential functions.
Google Analytics
Provides detailed analytics about site usage, user behavior, and traffic sources. Data is anonymized and used to improve our services.
View Google Privacy PolicyPayment Processors
Our payment partners (Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, etc.) use cookies to secure transactions, prevent fraud, and process payments safely.
Security Services
Third-party security providers help protect against malicious activity, DDoS attacks, and fraudulent transactions.
Cookie Duration
Cookies can be classified by how long they remain active on your device:
Session Cookies
These temporary cookies expire when you close your browser. They're essential for maintaining your session and ensuring secure navigation throughout the site.
Persistent Cookies
These cookies remain on your device for a set period (ranging from 24 hours to 2 years) and help remember your preferences across multiple visits.
Cookie Consent
When you first visit roojackpot.com, we'll ask for your consent to use non-essential cookies. You can choose to:
Accept All Cookies
This allows us to provide the full website experience, including personalized content and detailed analytics to improve our services.
Reject Non-Essential Cookies
Only essential cookies will be used. This may limit certain features but you'll still be able to use core lottery services.
Customize Cookie Preferences
Choose which categories of cookies you want to accept or reject based on your preferences.
Your consent choices are stored in a cookie (ironically!) so that we remember your preferences on future visits. You can withdraw or change your consent at any time through the cookie settings link in our footer.
Impact of Disabling Cookies
While you have the right to refuse cookies, disabling them may affect your ability to use certain features of our website. Here's what you need to know:
If Essential Cookies Are Disabled:
- You will not be able to log in or maintain a session
- Shopping cart functionality will not work
- Age verification cannot be completed
- Payment transactions cannot be processed
If Analytics Cookies Are Disabled:
- We won't be able to track site performance and improvements
- Identifying and fixing bugs becomes more difficult
- Understanding user preferences for future improvements is limited
If Marketing Cookies Are Disabled:
- You may see less relevant lottery promotions
- You may see advertisements that don't match your interests
- Core functionality remains unaffected
Cookie List
Below is a comprehensive list of cookies we use on roojackpot.com, including their purpose, category, and duration.
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Category | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| session_id | Maintains logged-in session | Essential | Session |
| csrf_token | Security protection | Essential | Session |
| age_verified | Stores age verification status | Age Verification | 90 days |
| payment_session | Secures payment gateway | Payment | Session |
| _ga | Google Analytics user ID | Analytics | 2 years |
| _gid | Google Analytics session ID | Analytics | 24 hours |
| promo_preference | Tracks viewed promotions | Marketing | 30 days |
| spending_limit | Enforces spending limits | Responsible Gaming | Persistent |
| session_timer | Tracks session duration | Responsible Gaming | Session |
| cookie_consent | Stores cookie preferences | Essential | 1 year |
Updates to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, legal requirements, or other operational considerations. When we make significant changes, we will:
- Update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page
- Notify you through a prominent notice on our website
- Request renewed consent if required by law
- Send email notifications to registered users for material changes
We encourage you to review this Cookie Policy periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies and protect your information.
Contact Us About Cookies
If you have questions or concerns about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please don't hesitate to contact us.
Your Privacy Matters
We're committed to transparency about how we use cookies and protecting your privacy. If you have any questions or concerns, our support team is always here to help.